- Category: Video » Drama » Drama, General
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- Number of Discs: 1
- UPC/EAN: 025192113420
- WAPI (Tower ID): 107023882
- Studio: Universal Studios Home Video
- Release Date: April 17, 2001
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #1079 in Movies (See Top 100 Movies Bestsellers)
- #158 in Drama (See Top 100 Drama Bestsellers)
- #158 in Drama, General (See Top 100 Drama, General Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "Billy Elliot" starring Jamie Bell to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Billy Elliot"Browse more products related to "Jamie Bell, Julie Walters and Stephen Daldry"ReviewEntertainment Weekly, 11/17/2000, p.94, "...An inspirational Brit-prole dance fable..." Chicago Sun-Times, 10/13/2000, p.35, "...Jimmy Bell is an engaging Billy, earnest and high-spirited, and a pretty good dancer, too..." Box Office, 10/01/2000, p.70, "...Gracefully executed....The fleet-footed BILLY ELLIOT illustrates how classic storylines, in the right hands, can work over and over again..." Rolling Stone, 10/26/2000, p.122, "...Daldry scores a sensational film debut....Bell explodes onscreen in a performance that cuts to the heart..." Total Film, 10/01/2000, p.81, "...A heartwarming, toe-tapping delight....Daldry elicits a star-making turn from 14-year-old newcomer Jamie Bell..." -- 4 out of 5 stars New York Times, 10/13/2000, p.E29, "...Stephen Daldry anchors [the film's] melodramatic formula in tough, heartfelt realism....Jamie Bell [conveys a] convincing mixture of sullenness and innocent charm..." USA Today, 10/13/2000, p.1E, "...If Dickens had written FLASHDANCE after seeing THE FULL MONTY, it probably would have come out something like this infectious, feel-good bundle of ambition in the face of adversity..." -- 3.5 out of 4 stars Title NoteTheatrical release: October 13, 2000. Product Quotation/ExcerptMrs. Wilkinson: "I've been thinking about the National Ballet School." Billy: "Aren't you a bit old for that, miss?" Mrs. Wilkinson: "Not for me, for you!" Release NoteFeaturette - 1. BILLY ELLIOT: BREAKING FREE DVD Features: Product NotesBilly Elliot (Jamie Bell) is an 11-year-old boy living in northeast England in the mid-1980s. While his gruff father and brother are taking part in a massive coal miners strike, Billy goes to boxing lessons and furtively plays his dead mother's piano out of loneliness. One day Billy notices a ballet class nearby. Intrigued, he begins practicing and taking lessons from Mrs. Wilkinson (Julie Walters), a tough-minded teacher. Billy begins to fall in love with ballet but keeps his lessons a secret from his family, who struggle to put food on the table while the strike drags on. When his father finally learns the truth, a family crisis erupts, and Billy struggles to prove that dancing is more than just a hobby--it's his dream. BILLY ELLIOT is a touching and heartwarming story that avoids clichés by setting the story in the grim mining town of northern England amid economic hardship and sacrifice, showing the joy and release that dancing provides for Billy. Newcomer Jamie Bell, who does all his own dancing in the film, deserves special credit for his performance as Billy. If You Enjoy "Billy Elliot (DVD)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Billy Elliot (DVD)"There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Drama Bestselling DVDs
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